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tulou

mostly circular, enclosed communal residence of Hakka architecture in Fujian, China
Class type of: revenue house, earth structure, multifamily residential Q15094777

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
type of building
Country
People's Republic of China[3]
Subclass of
revenue house, earth structure, multifamily residential, fortification, tourist attraction, Lou building[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Facet of
Hakka culture[13]
Architectural style
vernacular architecture[4]
Different from
Tulou, Fujian Tulou sites[17][18]
Has characteristic
round, rectangle[15][16]
Has list
list of tulou buildings[19]
Has part(s)
courtyard[12]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Fujian[2]
Made from material
loam[5]
OpenStreetMap tag
building=tulou[14]
P14541
1bqpEL[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en tulou dwelling en Fujian Tulou en Hakka round house en Hakka Tulou en Kejia Tulou en multi-story house en Rammed Earth Dwelling en tulou en tulou building de Hakka-Rundhaus ru Тулоу th ถู่โหล uk тулов vi Thổ lâu zh 土楼 zh 客家土楼 zh 福建土楼
🔖 Identifiers · 6
GND ID
1100576150
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Snail pit tulou.jpg ↗
Described at URL
www.antiquark.com
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
419569
Freebase ID
/m/02pqjv8
Topic's main category
Wikidata item

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Subclass of 5
fortification, tourist attraction, revenue house, multifamily residential, earth structure
Architectural style 1
vernacular architecture
Country 1
People's Republic of China
Different from 1
Fujian Tulou sites
Has characteristic 1
rectangle
Has part(s) 1
courtyard
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Fujian
Made from material 1
loam
← Different from 1
Fujian Tulou sites
← Has part(s) of the class 1
Fujian Tulou sites
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Summary

tulou is a type of building[1].

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1bqpEL
    Instance of → type of building
    Has part(s) → courtyard
    Made from material → loam
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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